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- 9811: Psycho
- ... characters. Despite their different backgrounds; Norman growing up isolated in a luxuriously beautiful country home able to maintain the Bate's Motel long after the line of customers become almost extinct; Marion coming from a world of financial frustration and very secretive about her strong sexuality; they both learn that in the spirit of the quick and easy flight of a bird, they both pine to escape their worlds. Marion implies ... and fails to assert individuality beyond his mother's ironclad demands to desperately hunt and love women. He can never be more than a component for her. Drawn into his parlor, Marion has entered the world of Norman Bates with no way out: she falls for his trap of a small meal. Her last gesture, as she slides down the shower wall, is to reach out for absolution. She then falls ...
- 9812: Philippine Annexation
- ... it was not worth it for the United States to try to take control of the Philippines. His logic was that how many people would have to be put in a position to go to war and possibly the loss of many lives to gain control and govern the Philippines. He also felt that Europe was an armed Camp, and why should the United States lose its good sense by entering ... that was presented was that not only did the United States have to deal with Britain, Germany, Russia, and France for possession, they would also have to deal with Japan who had formidable ships of war. Europe and Japan also were prepared for a struggle for possessions of the Far East close to the Philippines and as Carnegie said, why not for these islands. There was one thing that was agreed ...
- 9813: The Battle For Your Mind: Persuasion & Brainwashing Techniques Being Used On The Public
- ... be converted. Non-detectable Neurophone programming through the skin. The medium for mass take-over. I'm Dick Sutphen and this tape is a studio-recorded, expanded version of a talk I delivered at the World Congress of Professional Hypnotists Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. Although the tape carries a copyright to protect it from unlawful duplication for sale by other companies, in this case, I invite individuals to make copies ... weekend, or maybe even a day. The following are the six primary techniques used to generate the conversion. The meeting or training takes place in an area where participants are cut off from the outside world. This may be any place: a private home, a remote or rural setting, or even a hotel ballroom where the participants are allowed only limited bathroom usage. In human-potential trainings, the controllers will give ...
- 9814: Ancient Egypt: Old, Middle, and New Kingdom
- ... religion 1. Aton 2. Akhenaton C. New art form, naturalistic D. Downfall of the New Kingdom V. Conclusion The ancient Egyptians are considered among many to be the civilization upon which much of the western world's views and attitudes are based. Everything from religion, to architecture, to art has been handed down, generation by generation, to us in the present day. Although many of the ancient Egyptians' traditions have been ... under the guidance of Imhotep, the royal architect of the pharaoh Zoser, this magnificent structure was erected (David 14). It is of little wonder why the Greeks, when they listed the seven wonders of the world, placed the great Step Pyramid at the top. By the fourth dynasty, the pharaohs were buried in true pyramids, that is, all sides were flat planes meeting at some certain point, and the angle of ...
- 9815: Ancient Summerian Mythology
- ... and sleep is no longer possible by reason of the babel. (Bailey 59.) The gods decided to exterminate mankind. For six days and six nights the winds blew, torrent and tempest and flood overwhelmed the world, tempest and flood raged together like warring hosts. (Bailey 57.) Even the gods were terrified at the flood, they fled to the highest heaven, the firmament of Anu. In Babylonian civilizations, a god is responsible ... the difficulties faced on a quest. In both situations, suffering leads to special knowledge or privileges. Like any serious quest, Gilgameshs journey is dangerous because it takes him past the boundaries of the similar world. He travels to distant places known only in legend, such as the Great Mountains. (Philip 21.) His appearance, too, becomes less and less civilized as he journeys farther from Uruk. One goddess that the Sumerians ...
- 9816: Huckleberry Finn and The Issue of Race In Our Country
- Huckleberry Finn and The Issue of Race In Our Country Maria Our world is brought of many races and even though there is not much racism in our country as before unfortunately there are still times when people face discrimination. However, discrimination is only in the eyes of ... library shelves. To this day there have been no high school incidents where dark skinned students have been harassed by white skinned students after they have read this novel. Unfortunately, yes, many people in this world are brought up being racist, however, it is not novels or movies that cause people to act this way, but rather human nature. Different races at one time or another were slaves to others, however ...
- 9817: The Awakening
- ... But I don't want anything but my own way."(105) Edna is not willing to talk about what grips her, and after Robert leaves her again, she becomes completely depressed and dead to the world. From this point on she doesn't know what she is doing. Despondent, Edna returns to Grand Isle, the place of her awakening and happiness with Robert. Yet she seems not to know what her ... of thought." (108) Edna's body has taken over because her mind has gone: "Despondency had come upon her in the wakeful night, and it had never lifted. There was no one thing in the world that she desired. There was no human being whom she wanted near her except Robert; and she even realized that the day would come when he, too, and the thought of him would melt out ...
- 9818: The Enlightenment
- The Enlightenment The Enlightenment is a name given by historians to an intellectual movement that was predominant in the Western world during the 18th century. Strongly influenced by the rise of modern science and by the aftermath of the long religious conflict that followed the Reformation, the thinkers of the Enlightenment (called philosophes in France) were ... the work of the great 17th century pioneers--Francis Bacon, Galileo, Descartes, Leibnitz, Isaac Newton, and John Locke--who had developed fruitful methods of rational and empirical inquiry and had demonstrated the possibility of a world remade by the application of knowledge for human benefit. The philosophes believed that science could reveal nature as it truly is and show how it could be controlled and manipulated. This belief provided an incentive ...
- 9819: The Calling Of Isaiah
- ... the first part of the book. Chapters 6-12 are considered the oldest collection in the book. It includes the account of the vocation and mission of the prophet, the oracles concerning the Syro-Ephraimite War, oracles referring to the crisis of 701B.C.E., and other salvation passages (Obstat, p.278). Isaiah chapter 6 versus 1-13 stand apart from the rest of the Bible as a unique record of ... and the land lies ruined and waste. 12 The Lord will drive the people far away, and the country will be in vast desolation. The picture given in verse eleven demonstrates the devastation caused by war. The reference to the land must have been to Judah and Jerusalem, which at the threat of judgment would suffer greatly. But Isaiah must have certainly seen the Northern Kingdom included as well. Verse twelve ...
- 9820: Review of The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien
- ... crafted suits of mail and ferocious weapons lining the walls which interest Bilbo, but nothing like what is in the center. There is a treasure, which seems like it could contain everything valuable in the world. This treasure contains golden chalices, gems, gold coins, silver and the amazing Arkenstone. The Arkenstone is a jewel, which was found by dwarven miners. It is more valuable than all of the treasure put together, especially to Thorin and the dwarves. Sleeping on this colossal treasure is the terrifying dragon, Smaug. Smaug is known across the world because of his cruelty. He destroys villages and steals their gold even though he can never use any of it. Bilbo is terrified of Smaug so he takes a handful of treasure and runs away ...
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